I think Evan posted the information on one. On Aug 16, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Julia wrote: > > Hi. > There is one Kindle only book, well for us anyways. The print copy is only > available in the U.K. It's called A Matter of Pride by Linda Carlino. > Julia > > On 16/08/2011 1:43 PM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote: >> As a matter of fact, I did misunderstand your point until I reread your >> message right after I sent my reply. Since I do have Bookshare and other >> sources of books I have not really payed much attention to Kindle books. Are >> there really any Kindle only books? Based on what I have seen without making >> a point to pay attention it appears that the Kindle books I have seen on >> Amazon and mentioned elsewhere are published in print first and then >> published as Kindle books. An exception might be print on demand books. In >> that case only a very few copies are printed up as they are ordered, but >> they still can be ordered in print versions and undoubtedly used copies show >> up in used bookstores. There are enough people around who prefer print >> copies that I would expect that publishing print on demand books would >> continue for the indefinite future. But then, once everyone comes to prefer >> ebooks I suppose print books would become obsolete. I would not expect that >> to happen for quite a few years though. If it ever does happen then I >> suppose Bookshare will have to somehow adapt. Anyway, though, I still ask if >> there are any Kindle only books right now. If there are I would expect that >> they are few in number for right now. >> >> >> _ _ _ >> >> "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and >> evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the >> lack of evidence." - Richard Dawkins >> >> >> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 >> >> >> The Militant: >> http://www.themilitant.com >> Pathfinder Press: >> http://www.pathfinderpress.com >> Granma International: >> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 1:28 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kindle Only Books >> >> >>> That's good to know. Bookshare must have an agreement with the publisher of >>> that book. However, my point was that, unless Bookshare has an agreement >>> with the publisher of a Kindle only book, then there's no way for the book >>> to be scanned for the collection. Which means that you could have a growing >>> number of books from publishers who do not donate to Bookshare, with no way >>> of getting them into the collection. Up until now, the way things worked >>> was that if you get ahold of a book, any book, and it wasn't already in the >>> collection, except for dramatic works, then you could scan it and get it >>> into the collection regardless of whether or not Bookshare had a >>> relationship with the publisher. That may no longer be the case. For a >>> Kindle only book, unless I'm missing something, the only way for it to get >>> into the collection is for Bookshare to get it from the publisher. >>> Evan >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" >>> <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> >>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 1:02 PM >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kindle Only Books >>> >>> >>>> I keep track of the books I am reading at Good Reads. I want to select the >>>> exact edition of the book I am reading, so I usually look it up on Good >>>> Reads by ISBN. If it does not have an ISBN I look it up by title and >>>> author and browse the results until I find the one that most closely >>>> matches what I am reading. One book I downloaded from Bookshare was a >>>> publisher quality copy of Kahawa by Donald E. Westlake. When I entered the >>>> ISBN into Good Reads' search engine I got no results. I then started >>>> searching by title and author. When I browsed the results I found one with >>>> a matching ISBN after all. When I looked at the detail page for the book I >>>> was surprised to find out that it was labeled as a Kindle edition. That >>>> tells me that there are already Kindle editions in the Bookshare >>>> collection. >>>> >>>> >>>> _ _ _ >>>> >>>> "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think >>>> and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because >>>> of, the lack of evidence." - Richard Dawkins >>>> >>>> >>>> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 >>>> >>>> >>>> The Militant: >>>> http://www.themilitant.com >>>> Pathfinder Press: >>>> http://www.pathfinderpress.com >>>> Granma International: >>>> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:33 PM >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Kindle Only Books >>>> >>>> >>>> I just encountered my first Kindle only book yesterday. I'm wondering if >>>> others here have seen any of these. With electronic books now outselling >>>> hardcovers, it seems that this may become a growing trend. Why spend all >>>> that money on paper, ink and shipping when you can just send out >>>> electronic bits instead for a lot less money, and more quikly besides? >>>> >>>> Why am I posting this here? Because, unless Bookshare has agreements with >>>> publishers, then there's no way for these Kindle only books to get on >>>> Bookshare. So we could be in a situation where an increasing number of >>>> books will be published in a way that will make it impossible for them to >>>> be added to Bookshare. The one I saw said that TTS was enabled, but that >>>> is often not the case with Kindle books in general. So what happens with a >>>> Kindle only book with TTS disabled and there's no print version to scan >>>> for Bookshare? >>>> >>>> I presume that Bookshare knows about these books, so perhaps I'm worrying >>>> over nothing. I hope so. >>>> >>>> Evan >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >>>> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >>>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of >>> available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of >> available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> >> >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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